Arizona was actively engaged in the process of developing the standards in both English language arts and literacy in history/social studies, science, and technical subjects, and mathematics, in partnership with a significant number of states across the country. The standards were created by states for states and included the professional input of practitioners, content experts, teachers, researchers, higher education and business leaders. Development of the standards built on the strengths and lessons learned from states, was informed by the educational standards in other high performing countries and remained grounded in research and evidence.

The standards were developed in collaboration with teachers, school administrators, and experts, to provide a clear and consistent framework to prepare our children for college and the workforce.

Developed by standards experts and educators

Research- and evidence-based

Supported by rigorous international benchmarks

Received multiple rounds of feedback from states and national organizations representing educators {e.g., International Reading Association (IRA), National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)}

Developed by the authors of the College and Career Ready State Standards, these criteria are designed to guide publishers and curriculum developers as they work to ensure alignment with the standards in developing curricular materials.